Chair



(No Model.)

A. D. CROOKER.

CHAIR.

No. 367,702. Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

, invention.

UN TED STATES Y PATENT OFFICE.

ARA D. OROOKER, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,702, dated August2, 1887.

Application filed June 10, 1887.

Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan, and

in the State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Chairs; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to the construction of chairs, and will be fullydescribed hereinafter, and pointed out in the claims. i

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a chair constructedaccording to my Fig. 2 is a detail of the same in front elevation,partly in section,'and Fig. 3 is a view of the improved part detached.

A represents one of the rear uprights of the chair-frame, whichconstitute the rear legs and part of the back.

B represents one of the side pieces of the scat-frame, and C one of thearms.

D is a combined arm-support and seat and leg brace, and is the chieffeature of my present invention.

In Fig. 2 I show portions of the back, seat, and horizontal braces of mychair, which do not call for any especial description, as the same maybe varied indefinitely.

The part D may be sawed or bent into'shape orformcd of curved timber, asfoundmost desirable in any particular case. The lower part, a, ispreferably somewhat thicker than the upper part, I), in order to formtwo shoulders or offsets, 'c and (l, and there is preferably a tenon, 6,formed on top of the upper part, b, as shown, to enter a correspondingmortise in the arm 0. The side, B, of the seat-frame rests snuglyagainst and upon the shoulder c of the part D, and the adjoining partsare united, as by screws f, While the other (and vertical) shoulder, d,fits against the rear up- Scrial No. 240,569. (No model.)

right or leg, A, and the parts are similarly united, as by screw g, andthe rear end of the arm 0 is secured, as by screwv 71, to the upper partof the rear upright, A, above the seat. Thcreare, of course, two ofthese parts I), one for each arm, and counterparts for each other.

Herctoiore braces for the legs and seat and supports for the arms ofchairs have been made, but they are usually separate, and in my presentdevice the greater pressure put upon the arms of the chair the firmerwill all the parts beheld and braced together, besides which my deviceis simple and inexpensive in construction and neat and attractive inappearance.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

' 1. In achair, the combination, with the rear uprights, seat, frame,and arms, of a combinedsnpport and brace in one piece, uniting v thesaid parts on each side of the chair, suh-' mg each in one piece abovethe latter and

